Closure member for containers



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CLOSURE MEMBER FOR CONTAINERS Filed April 1, 195o .L40 /A/VEA/T L MURRAYC;

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A T TOQNEY Patented Jan. 6, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CLOSUREMEMBER FOR CONTAINERS Murray Gerin, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application April 1, 1950, Serial No. 153,341

1 Claim.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in containers,particularly the closure member for said containers.

It is an object of my invention to provide a closure member which issimple in construction, efdcient in operation and economical inmanufacture.

It is a further object of my invention to provide a Slideable valve of anovel construction and arrangement, whereby said valve operates about acooperating port in a bilateral direction, thus permitting children `andhandicapped persons to operate the closure member with ease.

The foregoing and other objects and advantages of my invention willbecome apparent from the following description embodied in thespeciiication taken in connection with the accompanying drawings whereinlike numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in the severalviews, and wherein:

Figure 1 is a top plan view, partially in section of a closure memberembodying my invention;

Figure 2 is a side view, partially in section, taken along line 2--2 ofFigure 1.

Figure 3 is a side view, partially in section, taken along line 3-3 ofFigure 1.

Referring now to the drawing in detail a container I is shown capped bya closure member I2.

Closure member I2 embodying my invention includes a base portion I4formed with a port or opening I6, and a recess having a pair of sidemembers I8 formed with oppositely disposed faces astride said port.Faces 20 are inclined toward one another remote said port.

A Slideable valve member 22 provide with sloping sides 24, adapted toslide between and abutting the oppositely disposed faces 2u is mountedin said recess. The slide member 22 is further formed with reverselypositioned guide and stop channels 26a extending parallel to faces 24along a substantial portion of .the sliding valve member.

Stop pins 28 are embedded in base member I4 and are arranged inassociation with channels 26a, to restrict slide member 22, and toprevent said slide member from overriding the ends of base portion I4,and thus becoming detached from the closure member.

Slideable valve member 22 is provided with a ridged top area whichpermits the user to obtain a. lirm surface for pushing the valve in thenecessary direction to open or close the container.

Evaporation, spilling or otherwise extruding the contents of thecontainer is prevented by use of a tight t between the slide member andthe base member. The seal is maintained when the slide covers the port.The contents may be discharged by movement of the Slideable valve member22 from a neutral or center position either of two directions openingthe port.

The blind and otherwise handicapped will und 2 it simple to utilize myclosure member as it may be moved in either of two opposite directionsthus illuminating the necessity of twisting and turning the containeruntil the proper direction is selected.

In the event it is desirable to use my closure member for products suchas tooth paste or other types of paste, the Slideable valve member 22may be utilized to cut off the paste when the desired quantity has beenextruded.

My closure member is readily adaptable J00 be fabricated as an integralpart of a plastic or metal container, thus discarding the presentpractice of using one cap to deliver capped containers to a consumer,and an auxiliary cap for the period of use of the container.

Having thus described my invention, I desire to point out that thespecific construction described is illustrative, and that I desire theclaim be read within the spirit and scope of the invention.

What is claimed is:

A closure member for containers including a base member, a port in saidbase member and a pair of stop pins extending upwardly from said basemember, a pair of side members astride said port having the facesthereof inclined toward one another remote said port, and a valve memberhaving reversely positioned guide channels extending parallel to saidside members along a substantial portion of the valve member each ofsaid guide channels including an open end and a closed end, said closedends being oppositely disposed, so that when the valve member is movedin one direction, one of said stop pins is stopped by the closed end ofone of said channels, and the other of said stop pins upon movement inthe opposite direction, is stopped by the closed end of the other ofsaid channels.

MURRAY GERIN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

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